(to be clear, I've been pretty vocal about the lack of a stable release and the annoying versioning strategy myself. but React is very much _not_ "dead".)
I'd still expect some bug fixes though, or security updates?
Also I wonder if they ought to be using the 'prerelease' checkbox on Github. It lets you mark a release as not really a release, and maintains a history
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Maybe someone could enlighten what's happening
They publish "experimental" releases on a near-daily basis, and have had numerous "canary" releases.
They talked about the "canary" strategy early in 2023:
- https://react.dev/blog/2023/05/03/react-canaries
The React team has recently started discussing plans for React 19, which is in the works:
- https://twitter.com/sebastienlorber/status/17476337983746255...
- https://twitter.com/acdlite/status/1719474730363662473
- https://twitter.com/rickhanlonii/status/1747338240099487877
- https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11347#issuecomment-...
(to be clear, I've been pretty vocal about the lack of a stable release and the annoying versioning strategy myself. but React is very much _not_ "dead".)
Also I wonder if they ought to be using the 'prerelease' checkbox on Github. It lets you mark a release as not really a release, and maintains a history
- https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/72411c45f94565c30215b...
"Ember is committed to shipping new features without breaking your existing applications. You get Long Term Support (LTS) versions, a 6-week release cycle, and a strong commitment to Semantic Versioning."